This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im victoria fritz. President biden warns americans the worst of the pandemic is yet to come, as he unveils his strategy to tackle the disease. Al plan starts with mounting an aggressive, safe, and effective Vaccination Campaign to meet our goal of administering 100 million shots. Google threatens to withdraw its Search Engine from australia if the government passes a law forcing tech giants to pay local media for their content. Japan says preparations for the delayed 0lympics are going ahead, despite reports the games could be cancelled. And the long journey home. The nepalese climbers who conquered k2 and have
a tale to tell. Hello and welcome. In his first full day in office joe biden has pledged what he called a wartime undertaking to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control. The us president signed a raft of executive orders to ramp up the distribution of vaccines and the availability of cov
Welcome to bbc news. Im rich preston. Our top stories the new coronavirus variant that first emerged in england is spreading across many European Countries and has now been confirmed in canada and japan. Us federal agents search a house on the outskirts of nashville as part of their investigation into the Christmas Day explosion in the city. I am confident in the team we have that will get to the bottom of this. We will find out the story of this individual or individuals. At least 10 climbers die in mountains north of tehran during an avalanche. Iranian rescue teams are searching for others who are still missing. President putin pays tribute to the former mi6 officer and soviet spy george blake, who has died aged 98 in moscow. And a fast food joint roman style. Archaeologists unearth an ancient takeaway restaurant in pompeii. The new variant of coronavirus, first detected in the uk, has been found in canada. Health authorities in the province of ontario say two cases have been identif
With xfinity a breeze. Visit xfinity. Com moving today. This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im michael holmes. Well, from a pandemic to pandemonium, right now in cities across the u. S. , the Health Crisis that has consumed almost every aspect of life for months now, is being upstaged by a social crisis. One that has been simmering for generations. Protestors, nationwide, have been expressing pain and anger over the death of an unarmed, africanamerican man. His name was george floyd, who died in Police Custody earlier this week in minneapolis, minnesota. Now, the violent protests there last night exploded across the country today. From washington to new york, atlanta, and detroit. And to dallas, denver, los angeles, san jose, and more. A few of those demonstrations turning very ugly, with people
setting fires, damaging property, and hurling objects at police. Some of that destruction happened right here, at cnn
Rolls royce announces plans to axe a fifth of its workforce in the wake of coronavirus most of the jobs will go in the uk. The Aircraft Engine maker is cutting 9,000 jobs amid warnings it take years for the Airline Industry to recover the unions are furious. Nobodys trivialising the challenges we face here, but i think its rash and its premature for rolls royce simply to resort to sacking and throwing under the bus thousands of uk workers, loyal workers. Many of the jobs are expected to go from the main site at derby rolls royce is, you know, the heart of derbyshire. Derby is one of the biggest sites, isnt it . If you look at the area its in, its huge. To lay off a lot of those people
would be devastating for the area. Growing pressure on the government from councils and teaching unions to reconsider plans to reopen englands Primary Schools to some pupils from 1stjune. Welcoming back the tourists italy says its airports will reopen in a fortnight, as some of europes holiday hotspots st
A loss of taste or smell are added to the nhs list of symptoms of covid 19. Are added to the nhs list anyone with the symptoms should self isolate for seven days. The advice coming weeks after experts raised concerns that coronavirus cases are being missed. It has taken a little bit too long, i would say. We are way behind other countries in recognising these other symptoms. Well be looking at the new list of symptoms and asking why theyve been changed now. Also this lunchtime. Commuters getting back to to work face new measures on trains and security guards trained in crowd control on duty at major stations. Back in fashion italy moves to the next stage of returning to normality, reopening more shops, restaurants and hairdressers. Could the start of the pandemic have been handled better . A un chief says the world is paying a heavy price
for muddled virus strategies. Into the orchard and the orchard beds, which we only started a few yea rs beds, which we only started a few years ago.